CapbeamCapbeam is provided by Ahmet Can Guven. For privacy questions or data requests, contact [email protected].
Your videos and captions
Transcription, manual editing, video processing and supported translations run on your iPhone. Projects and media are stored locally. Optional AI styling sends caption text and styling context to servers only with your permission, as explained below. Video, audio and face analysis are not sent to the AI styling service.
You select media using Apple’s Photos or Files picker, or record with the camera and microphone. Items in iCloud or another Files provider may first be downloaded by that provider. Apple may download speech, translation, or Apple Intelligence assets before a feature is available. Supported languages and model availability depend on your device and Apple settings.
Optional writing ideas process your brief and selected transcript excerpt with Apple’s on-device FoundationModels model. Drafts are reviewed before you apply them as a script or title. Follow faces uses local Vision analysis to suggest crop positions; its review rectangles and thumbnails are temporary, while approved crop settings are saved with the project.
Filters → Face uses bundled YuNet and SFace models and Apple’s local image-processing frameworks to detect faces, measure facial landmarks and create numeric face representations called embeddings. It tracks appearances and groups likely matches within the video so effects can follow the people you select. These groups are estimates, not verified real-world identities; Edit people lets you merge or separate mistaken groups. The app does not look people up by name or compare them with an external face database.
People analysis is saved in the local project: face thumbnails, facial geometry, appearance times and tracks, embeddings, grouping results and your grouping corrections. Partial analysis is saved so it can resume. People analysis does not automatically send this data to Capbeam, RevenueCat or a remote model. Turning off face effects or using Reset all looks does not delete the analysis. Deleting the project removes its local analysis folder; previously exported project packages and backups are separate copies.
When you share an editable Capbeam project, its saved people analysis, embeddings and face thumbnails are included even if you choose not to include the source video or audio. The destination or recipient you choose can access those files. Shared copies are handled under that destination’s settings and policies; deleting the local project does not remove them.
Voice-following teleprompter rehearsal uses live microphone audio and on-device speech recognition, including when no video is being recorded. Recognized partial text is used temporarily to move the script and is not saved as a transcript. Audio is saved with a take only when you record a video.
When exporting or sharing, you choose the destination. Photos, Files providers, and other apps handle saved or shared copies under their own settings and policies. Device backups may include local app data depending on your Apple settings.
Purchases
Apple handles payments. Capbeam uses RevenueCat to validate purchases, restore access and determine subscription status. RevenueCat processes purchase history, an app customer identifier and technical subscription information, including app and OS versions, device type, language and Apple’s identifier for vendor (IDFV). IDFV differs from the advertising identifier (IDFA). Buying subscriptions or AI credits and using AI do not require registration or Sign in with Apple. AI credits use a random wallet identifier bound to this app installation through Apple App Attest. Linking that wallet with Sign in with Apple is optional and enables access on another iPhone. We do not request your name or email or supply RevenueCat with an advertising identifier.
Purchase information supports subscription functionality and subscription analytics. Capbeam does not use it for advertising or cross-app tracking. See RevenueCat’s privacy policy and Apple’s privacy information.
Optional usage analytics
In versions with Share usage analytics, measurement starts only after you choose to share. Refusing does not restrict editing or purchases. Firebase Analytics (Google Analytics), RevenueCat and Capbeam’s service help us understand where a workflow succeeds, fails or is canceled. When enabled, Google Analytics reporting and BigQuery analysis can be used to investigate these measurements.
Measurements describe screens and features used, import and transcription steps, captioned preview readiness, edit summaries, AI workflow stages, subscription offers and verified purchase outcomes, export and save results, repeat video production, durations and controlled error codes. They may include app/OS version, device model, language, a video-duration range, sample/own-media status and the subscription state at the time. AI service measurements can include credits and model cost, but never the text processed by the model.
Random installation, session, project, source and operation identifiers connect steps in the same workflow. Firebase app-instance and RevenueCat identifiers may be mapped for consented purchase analysis. These are pseudonymous, linked measurements, not anonymous data. Website browser identifiers are separate and are not matched to app installs. Source-file fingerprints used to recognize repeat videos stay on your iPhone.
Analytics excludes videos, audio, captions, file names, written scripts, face data, screen recordings, raw error messages and advertising identifiers. Google receives technical connection information and may derive an approximate country or region from the connection when analytics is sent; no GPS location is requested. Collection may be processed in countries outside your own. Selecting an EU BigQuery dataset does not mean that all Google Analytics processing is limited to the EU. See Google’s privacy policy.
Turn off Settings → Share usage analytics to stop future optional measurement and clear pending device events. The server preference is updated when a connection is available; until then, the server may still hold the previous preference. Re-enabling does not backfill activity from the period sharing was off. Delete analytics history submits a request to remove records associated with the available analytics identifiers. Deletion is processed asynchronously; a pending request is not confirmation that every provider copy has already been removed. Purchase and financial records required for the service are separate.
Earlier versions used Share basic usage for limited RevenueCat milestones and paywall impressions, initially enabled. If you previously disabled sharing, that choice is preserved. Otherwise the expanded analytics requires a new choice; the old enabled default is not treated as permission, and old milestones are not replayed as events. Contact support about earlier records.
For the new reporting setup, the configured target is 14 months for GA4 user/event data and 60 days for detailed BigQuery sandbox tables. Availability depends on the enabled environment and provider quotas; aggregated reports can have different retention. These settings do not change separate purchase, AI payload or support retention. Ask support for the active configuration and a request concerning your data.
Diagnostics and support
To space out optional App Store rating requests, Capbeam keeps an on-device history of successful exports, source-file fingerprints used to avoid counting the same content twice, and request dates and app versions. This history is not uploaded, included in shared project packages, or included in diagnostics reports. Apple handles the rating interface; Capbeam does not receive your star rating or learn whether you submitted a review.
Local diagnostics include app and OS versions, project and job identifiers, selected operational events and numeric performance or crash counts when available. Reports exclude media, captions, original file names, raw error messages, call stacks and purchase customer identifiers. Local history is limited to 200 events and 60 summaries; entries older than 30 days are pruned during app activity. You choose whether to export a report. Separately, when usage analytics is enabled with your permission, content-free operation durations, results and controlled error codes may be sent as described above; local diagnostic reports and call stacks are not automatically uploaded.
If you email support, we receive your email address, message, and attachments you choose to send. These are used to answer your request and investigate the issue. Please send only information necessary for your request. Contact the support address to request deletion of support correspondence, subject to records needed to resolve the request or applicable obligations.
Your choices and deletion
Camera permission enables video preview and recording. Microphone permission enables recorded audio and optional voice-following rehearsal. Speech Recognition permission is requested when a feature needs it, including the voice-following teleprompter. Saving a video to Photos requests permission to add it. Change these permissions in iPhone Settings.
Delete a project in Capbeam to remove its imported media and editing data. This does not delete the original video in Photos or Files, exported copies, or separately saved fonts and library entries. You can delete saved brands, folders, and correction rules in Capbeam, and clear the script in its editor. Imported fonts remain in local app storage until the app is deleted. Deleting the app removes its local application data; offloading the app may preserve it. Backups and exported copies may remain under the destination’s settings.
Apple and RevenueCat retain transaction information under their policies and applicable obligations. Uninstalling Capbeam does not automatically erase purchase records or cancel a subscription. Cancel subscriptions through your Apple account. Contact support for help with purchase-data requests; never send your Apple password or payment-card details.
Optional AI styling
When you use Style with AI, after separate permission, caption text, language, timing, available font names, creativity and style settings are sent to Capbeam’s server and the OpenAI API to generate styling data. We do not send video, audio, photos or face analysis. You can preview results before applying them and turn off AI caption sharing in Settings.
Capbeam removes inputs and intermediate context within 24 hours after a job completes, fails or is canceled, and results after 7 days. Active job data stays while processing continues. Temporary caption payloads are encrypted in the database; request bodies and caption text are not written to application access logs. OpenAI response storage is disabled. This does not mean zero retention: OpenAI may retain content for abuse monitoring for up to 30 days, or longer where legally required. OpenAI API data is not used for training by default.
AI wallets, optional accounts and device verification
You can buy and use AI credits without creating an account or signing in with Apple. Capbeam creates a pseudonymous wallet protected by an App Attest device key. Its random identifier is also used for purchase attribution with Apple and RevenueCat. We retain that identifier, App Attest public keys, replay-prevention counters and hashed session credentials. If you choose to link with Apple, we also retain a one-way digest of Apple’s app-specific account identifier. We do not request your name or email. Apple App Attest helps verify the app and device. IP addresses and technical request information are processed to protect access and enforce rate limits.
We verify purchases with Apple and RevenueCat and record credit grants, reservations, spending and refunds on our server. An unlinked wallet relies on its device credential. To access its credits on another iPhone, link it with Apple while you still have access, then use the same Apple sign-in. Losing the device credential before linking can make the wallet inaccessible; purchase restoration does not merge separate wallets.
In Settings → AI credits and account, an unlinked wallet offers Delete AI data and credits. This request is authorized by the current device without Apple sign-in. If you linked Apple, use Delete AI account and verify with Apple. Both actions remove remaining credits, saved AI content and wallet access from authorized devices. Local projects remain and your Apple subscription is not canceled. We retain transaction records, the credit ledger and identifiers needed for accounting, fraud prevention and purchase replay protection. Contact support for other data requests. Apple and RevenueCat apply their own retention policies.
Advertising and tracking
Capbeam does not sell personal information or display third-party advertisements. The analytics setup does not use IDFA, advertising personalization, Google Signals, cross-domain linking or matching with another company’s customer data. Analytics permission is separate from permission to send captions for optional AI styling.
Policy changes
This page will show an updated effective date when practices change. Material changes will also be explained in the app where appropriate.
This website
When you visit capbeam.app, our web server and Cloudflare process your IP address, requested page and technical request data to deliver and secure the website. Your language, motion and analytics choices are stored locally. Where website analytics is enabled, Google Analytics is loaded only after you choose Share usage data. Declining does not send consent-denied analytics pings. The website remains usable without analytics.
Consented website events measure the known page, selected language, approved campaign labels, tour playback start/completion, pricing-section visibility and contact/store/beta-link clicks where those links exist. They use a random browser identifier and first-party analytics cookies with a 60-day expiry. Link clicks are not completed signups, downloads or sent emails. Arbitrary URL parameters, search terms, referrers and typed text are not included. Google also processes browser/session and connection information needed for analytics; there is no session replay.
Use Analytics preferences in the footer to change your choice. Continuing without sharing stops measurement, clears pending website events and analytics cookies, and reloads the page if the Google tag was active. Requests already sent cannot be recalled. The random browser reference remains locally available so the preferences panel can prepare a deletion-request email; the email is sent only if you send it. Opening that deletion draft also stops website measurement and retires that browser identifier; a later opt-in creates a new identifier. Removing browser storage can remove that reference and prevent us from finding earlier records. Contact [email protected] to request deletion of identifiable analytics records, including exported copies; the preferences control does not claim automatic deletion.
See Cloudflare’s privacy policy. Email links open your chosen mail app; we receive a support message only when you send it. Links to Apple, RevenueCat and other websites are governed by their own privacy policies.